Kathy Griffin: Split-Screen Made Rosie Leave The View

May 27th, 2007: Comedian Kathy Griffin - who guest co-hosted The View one day
after the big fight between Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth
Hasselbeck - revealed some details about O'Donnell's departure
from the show, during a comedy act Saturday night.

"I don't even know where to start," she told a sold-out crowd
at the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. "I tell
you who I got a call from [on Friday]. 'Hey Kath. It's Ro. What
are you doing? Wanna hang out?' I spent the whole day with
Rosie! How about that!?'"

So what did Rosie do on Friday? She lived by the lyrics of
"Girls Just Wanna have Fun," and took Griffin to watch pal
Cyndi Lauper rehearse for her upcoming True Colors Tour. Later,
the trio went out for dinner in Manhattan, "and the mojitos
were flying," said Griffin (who doesn't drink, and stuck
with Diet Pepsi). "It was fun."

Griffin has guest-hosted on The View twice in the last
two weeks, "so I was there before, and after the whole
split-screen, Hannity and Colmes s---," she said.

Revealing a conversation she had with O'Donnell about
how the show's producers split O'Donnell's image with Hasselbeck's
during their fight, Griffin said: "And that's what it was. I
said, 'What was really it?' And she said, 'The split-screen.' She
said, 'I don't want to do Hannity and Colmes. ' "

Griffin also explained O'Donnell's reaction to news that Donald
Trump had called Hasselbeck "stupid" in TV interviews. "Awww.
that's sad," was her reaction, according to Griffin, who
added: "So, she doesn't even hate Elisabeth."

Griffin also praised O'Donnell, saying: "I think she's a
pistol, and she's outspoken and fun and says outrageous things. That
show's not going to be the same without her, whether you like her
or not."

Finally she hinted that The View will have to find a replacement
for O'Donnell, to which a number of audience members started
chanting "Kathy!"

Griffin, whose name has been mentioned by many TV critics as a
possible replacement, responded with a simple, "Thank you. We'll
see what happens."